tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20913216566634543332024-09-07T00:18:36.846+04:00Life as I know it!Fatumerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14659535303408921738noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091321656663454333.post-27978206674358198032014-06-14T19:53:00.002+04:002014-06-14T19:53:52.106+04:00

وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ  (Al Quran -Surah 93 verse 10) "And as for the petitioner, do not repel {him}" This is post i wrote way back but never got round to publishing: My father told me something that has stuck with me all my life.  He said that his father told him to never turn away anyone who came to him for help empty handed. I later read the above 

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So here I am a whole year and some later. Blogging for me is cathartic it's like therapy, I swear! Which doesn't say much for my state  because if it's therapy, then I've been away from it for over a year and I've got lots to spill. Update on Mum, she's much better but her illness is incurable so she is on dialysis 3 times a week. Not easy at all! Lots of ups and downs and some plateaus in

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It's been a while.  I have neglected this blog so much!  The reason is my Mum is seriously ill, I have been totally consumed with taking care of her and we have been learning by trial and error about the nature of her disease.  She suffers from renal failure and there is no cure except dialysis pending a kidney transfer. It hurts to see a loved one in pain and suffering and the

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So I've been toying with starting an interior design blog where I share my ideas.  Many of us claim to be interested in interior design, but some of us can fanatically claim to be interested in design of ALL kinds.  Anything creative and artistic really moves us, from fashion, to make up, to painting, to furniture, to architecture, books and pimped out cars. But I don’t want

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Rant: So there I was after a whole morning of running errands at out neighborhood gas pump, filling up on gas. Me:  Asalaam alaykum, 50 dirhams special please Attendant:  OK (puts the nozzle into the gas tank and heads off to serve other client) After 10 minutes attendant comes to my window, "50 dirhams please" I check the meter and sure enough it indicates 50 dirhams has

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In honour of my Father (Allah Yarhamu) for teaching me so much.  I had no idea that I was in the school of life and that he was showing us by example how to live the Quran.  Reading it is not enough.  We have to live it. One of the lessons absorbed from him was if someone in need asks you for something, never say no.  Even if you can't give him exactly what he

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Yaa Halla!  Halla Wallah!  I have been away for so long but I had good reason and so much has happened.  Alhamdulillah, I have finally become a Citizen of the Good Ole United Arab Emirates.  Yaaaay! Anyway............ As I have mentioned before, I have two teenaged kids at two different stages of teenagehood.  Its interesting for me to see the differences between

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Warning: 18Plus I was chatting to a UK friend of mine the other day and this subject came up.  He told me that in the clubs in London, people often have sex right there in the dark corners or in the bathrooms.  This is what he said.  Whaaaat!  I haven't seen this in all my long gone partying days in Nairobi, and we partied a lot!! I don't know what it's like now,

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I feel so bad! I have been neglecting my blog, life has taken over every second of my day and I can hardly find five minutes to catch up and put my thoughts into words. And the weather is back to "HOT HOT HOT".  Temperatures have been soaring and tempers at work have been flaring.  It seems people are talking at high volume this week and it's driving me insane!.  What's going on?&

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Once, a married frenemy of mine was very upset because she had found out that her husband had been cheating on her. She had been suspicious for a while and she had done some snooping around and a lot of threats and tears later, he confessed. Nobody would have believed it if he had not confessed. He was always at work or at home.  He used to go to the gym three times a week and was

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If you, like me, grew up elsewhere it will drive you insane when you see how some ("some' not all!) of the people here want to be rewarded for just being nationals.  They want certificates without getting an education, and they will take any shortcuts to get what they want. They cheat in exams and pay teachers to give them better grades.  They use hidden bluetooth

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Just the other day, I was waiting in the car for my son to come out of the shop.  (I can do that now that he's old enough. Alhamdulillah) Anyway, as I was sitting there I glanced across at the little play area they have outside the Co-op.  They have those noisy, nursery rhyme playing, mechanical rocking horses that toddlers can't seem to get enough of.  I saw a man

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This year has started off like a huge sack of unknown things where you don't know what you're going to pull out every time you reach into it.  That guy in Tunis who immolated himself in the town square sure as h*** had no idea that his life-ending action would oust the president of his nation.  When that Egyptian guy decided to call for a demonstration in Tahrir Square via Facebook, he

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An infamous tyrannical leader criticised his fellow tyrant when his population revolted against the widespread hunger and food shortages in his country.  He said: "Mjinga yule! That idiot!  He kept his people too hungry!  I told him many times,  feed them just enough, but not too much.  They must  always be kept preoccupied

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Sometimes we go through such pain and uncertainty that we feel that our hearts cannot take it anymore, that they will literally burst out of our chests from the pain, the pure injustice caused to us by our fellow beings. You want to cry your eyes out and I often do.  We all go through this, every single one of us. I would like to share with you  that, when I go through such times, I

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I just want to thank you people who have been reading this blog and my two followers (praying for you, Um Q).  Thanks everyone! I've added an RSS feed to the top right hand corner of my page for those of you who want to be updated on any new posts or comments. You can receive updates on your mobile phone.  All you have to do is click on the orange button labelled "Subscribe to The

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 Show offs are just idiots trying to look interesting.  Even worse, they are trying to look interesting to people who either (a) don't give a damn!! or (b) are idiots themselves. If you have to borrow a whole years salary to pay for that expensive holiday so you can bore your friends to tears with the 700+ pictures of you sitting in the airport,

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There are friends, there are enemies, and then there are frenemies.  Frenemy:   A person who pretends to be a friend, whilst all the time demeaning you and trying to destroy or claim for themselves your self esteem, your reputation, your style, your achievements and anything good you may have. Alhamdulillah, I recently got rid of one. I'll just give you a small example

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Abu Dhabi has been blessed by rain these past couple of days and I'm ecstatic!  It's made me nostalgic. You see, I grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, which my grandma used to call "Ulaya Ndogo" (Little London) due to the grey, drizzly skies.  For several months of the year the rain poured and poured and poured.  I had to walk back home to change my uniform a couple of times because

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It's been a minute since I was last here.  It's been work, work, and more work.  It's amazing how you can be so busy but seem to get nothing done at the same time.  Anyway here I am! We have a Company Family Day coming up in early February and I registered myself as a  volunteer.  There'll be games like basketball shots, egg and spoon races, sack races (you'll never

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YouTuber Chris Crocker wailed "Leave Britney alone!!".   Now I'm wailing "Leave Dubai alone!" Some of us are sick and tired of Dubai bashing.  There have been some damaging articles in the UK press and other places about Dubai. The headlines go something like: "The Dark Side of Dubai", "The Desert Dream is Fading", "All that Glitters is not Gold",  "You Can't Get

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Allah tells us in Al Quran Verse 39:10 : "Verily the steadfast and those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measureand will be recompensed in full without count at the Day of Judgment." And their recompense shall be Paradise, and silken garments, because they were patient. Reclining on raised thrones, they will see there neither the excessive heat of the sun, nor the

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Asalaam alaykum. So I'm hammering out this post at work in between mouthfuls of green tea. It's not that I don't have real work to do, it's just that I need to rant about this crazy dude working here. He is so weird for so many reasons. I recently caught a glimpse of his raggedy, greying ponytail when he was adjusting his ghutra on the top of his

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 Danger!!  Keep Away  I have absolutely no confidence in the medical system over here. Noone I know does. I'm just telling it like it is.  The nurses who couldn't make it to USA, Canada, Australia or anywhere else flock here. And let's face it the majority of the doctors recruited here are the ones that would not be missed in their

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Alif Lam M’im. ¤Do the people think that they will be left alone on saying “We believe,”and that they will not be tested? ¤We did test those who have gone before them.Allah has to see who are the truthful and who are the liars.[Ankaboot, 29:1-3] … Those who endure with patience will be rewarded without measure.”(Innama yuwaffa al-ssabiroona ajrahum bighayri hisabin) [az-Zumar - 39:10] A

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